Tour News - The Pixies Announce AUS / NZ Tour in 2022
/ Megan MossPresented by: Live Nation AUS and NZ
Pixies NZ AUS 2022 Tour Poster
PIXIES one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time, return to New Zealand in December for shows in both New Zealand and Australia
Tickets go on sale at 2pm Tuesday, April 5 2022
Vodafone customers can be among the first to secure tickets during an exclusive 48 hour presale, starting at 12pm Friday, April 1. Head to vodafone.co.nz/music.
Following rave reviews of their 2020 Auckland concert at Spark Arena, Pixies reprise their Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa show in Wellington and Christchurch, while in Auckland they will perform a special show comprising major hits and fan favourites from their extensive catalogue, Pixies said;
“We are thrilled to be able to announce our return to New Zealand in December following the untimely postponement of some of these shows back in 2020. We will be returning to play two different sets across the tour: Performing Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa in their entirety - in Wellington and Christchurch. A brand new set featuring songs from across our catalogue, including some oldies and some brand new tracks in Auckland.
La la love you!”
Pixies’ debut releases - the electrifying 1987 EP Come On Pilgrim and 1988’s debut full-length album, Surfer Rosa - brought rise to a new genre and defined contemporary music for a generation.
At the Wellington and Christchurch shows both seminal albums will be performed in full. Surfer Rosa is a record made up of rage, religion, gore, incest and superheroes named Tony - a debut album so good that it's been revered as a masterpiece. Produced by Steve Albini, it includes early Pixies classics such as "Bone Machine", "Gigantic", "Vamos" and "Where Is My Mind?". Come On Pilgrim features eight songs from the band's first-ever studio session, produced by Gary Smith and recorded at his Fort Apache Studio near Boston.
Formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986, Pixies are often acclaimed as the most influential, pioneering alternative band of the late 80s, garnering extraordinary critical and popular acclaim. After five genre-defining studio albums, Pixies disbanded in 1993. The tide turned in 2004 - the band reunited and began touring, playing to sell-out crowds around the world.
Pixies released their eighth studio album, Beneath The Eyrie, in 2019 (through Infectious/BMG) and in January of this year they released their box set Live In Brixton from their immortal four-night, sold-out run at The Brixton Academy in 2004.
Pixies Australian Tour Details / Click to Buy Tickets
Friday 2nd December 2022 -The Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane, AUS
Saturday 3rd December 2022 - Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney AUS
Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Forum Melbourne - Melbourne, AUS
Thursday 8th December 2022 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, AUS
Saturday 10th December 2022 - Fremantle Arts Centre - Perth, AUS
Pixies NZ Tour Details / Click to Buy Tickets
Wed 14th December 2022 - Opera House, Wellington
Fri 16th December 2022 - Town Hall, Auckland
Sat 17th December 2022 - Town Hall, Christchurch
Pixies AUS NZ Tour Photo _Credit TravisShinn
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